U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Judge allows feds to reimpose $5M fines vs credit monitoring firm under different law, after SCOTUS said original fines illegal
A federal judge said the FTC can modify its fraud complaint vs Credit Bureau Center to press for fines under a different section of federal law, after the Supreme Court said the law under which it had pressed the original complaint didn't allow them to levy fines - a move the company called unfair. -
$181M chicken price fixing settlements could net lawyers $60M+, uncertain payout for consumers
The settlement administrators began accepting consumer claims on Sept. 11 from anyone in the U.S. who says they bought chicken from 2009-2020, and wants a share of the approximately $111 million left after the lawyers get paid. -
Pritzker must show corrupt hiring has stopped, can't easily restart, to end feds' oversight of IL govt jobs, reformers say
Two longtime reform advocates told a federal appeals court that Gov. JB Pritzker has not yet met the burden needed to win release from federal court orders imposing federal oversight of state hiring practices, despite Pritzker's claims to the contrary -
White Castle: IL biometrics law not designed to 'bankrupt employers,' should be limited; Judges could punt to IL Supreme Court
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh CIrcuit Court of Appeals expressed doubt during oral arguments over whether they are the court that should address a key legal question over how to decide how much money employers may owe in lawsuit payouts under the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act. -
Ban on concealed carry on Cook County Forest Preserve lands unconstitutional, judge rules
A federal judge in Chicago struck down a state law that prohibits concealed carry on Cook County Forest Preserve District sites. The judge gave Illinois state lawmakers six months to try to fix the law. -
Judge: Moody Bible used religion as 'pretext' to hide alleged discrimination vs fired female teacher; Moody appeals
Chicago's Moody Bible Institute says a federal judge improperly ignored Supreme Court rulings on whether the First Amendment protects them from a discrimination lawsuit brought by a female instructor allegedly fired over doctrinal clashes. -
Hakimi Joins HeplerBroom as Associate
Hakimi Joins HeplerBroom as Associate. -
Judge: COVID gathering limits not likely to return, so IL GOP can't sue Pritzker over earlier shutdowns
Republicans had argued Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-related limits on the size of political gatherings were unconstitutional, because he selectively enforced them, allowing huge Black Lives Matter protests, while shutting down GOP gatherings in 2020. -
Judge says road runoff could have polluted water at Aurora recycling yard; City says recycler to blame for contamination
A Chicago federal judge is allowing the owners of a scrap yard in Aurora to continue to fight the city's pollution claims against them, by arguing the city contributed to the alleged water contamination on the site, too. -
Black, Latino Chicago residents win chance to press class action vs CPD past stop-and-frisk policy
Reworked complaint targets police policy, training rather than quotas and paper trail -
Lawsuit: Ex-wife owes $1M for using forgotten iPad to monitor texts, emails between CEO ex-husband and new girlfriend
A woman has filed suit against the ex-wife of her corporate CEO boyfriend, saying she used an iPad that was left at her home and still logged into her ex-husband's account to monitor their texts and emails. -
Evanston school district: White teacher's discrimination suit over anti-racism programs 'blatant' misuse of court
Evanston-Skokie District 65 said the teacher wasn't actually discriminated against, so she can't sue over the school's alleged race-based training programs and curriculum. -
Cook County assault weapons ban unconstitutionally strips residents of right to own weapons for self-defense, lawsuit says
A new lawsuit brought by three Chicago residents asserts Cook County's ban on so-called "assault weapons," in place since 2006, is unconstitutional. -
Sterigenics says insurer wrongly used emissions claims to deny coverage for lawsuits over emissions
Medical device sterilization company Sterigenics has sued National Union Fire Insurance in Chicago federal court, saying all of its emissions were discharged legally under an Illinois state environmental permit. -
Appeals panel: Woman couldn't have known about faulty pelvic mesh, so she didn't wait too long to sue J&J
7th Circuit judges said a federal judge was wrong to find the woman's lawsuit vs Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary Ethicon over the failure of her pelvic mesh implantation fell outside a two-year limit on filing suit. -
Class action: Magazine publisher Meredith Corp broke IL privacy law by selling subscribers' info
A class action lawsuit filed in Chicago federal court says the publisher of People, Better Homes and Gardens, InStyle and more popular titles violated an Illinois law by selling subscriber mailing lists to anyone willing to pay. -
Fired transgender Pritzker campaign worker can't continue discrimination suit vs Pritzker camp
Judge: Despite conflict with supervisor, layoff plausibly linked to performance issues -
Judges pause redistricting lawsuits vs Dems, give Dems til Sept. 1 to approve new maps using Census data
Republicans had asked the court to not give Democrats a "do over" on drawing new legislative district maps, when Democrats had not used Census data on their first attempt, resulting in unbalanced districts.. -
Lawsuit: Plainfield Central High School harbored football culture of hazing, locker room sex assaults vs freshman boys
According to the complaint filed in federal court, Plainfield Central High School football coaches ignored years of sexual assaults committed against freshman football players by varsity players wielding broomsticks, as part of an allegedly longstanding hazing ritual known as "Code Blue" -
Appeals panel says Chicago cops break no laws by junking jail detainees' unclaimed property after 30 days
Men argued city gives insufficient notice of how to reclaim items surrendered during arrest